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Re: OT: Banc of America Article
From: Sharif Torpis <faust () grift com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:35:49 -0800
Halleluljah. A voice of knowledge as opposed to conjecture. Different bank ATMs operate differently. There are online and offline modes. The PIN may or may not be recorded on the card. Some of these differences are due to the fact that not all financial institutions were connected to interbank networks over two decades ago. And yes, some banks' ATMs dispense limited amounts of cash while disconnected from the network. This is a compromise between customer service and fraud exposure. You won't be able to get rich that way. There are plenty of resources on and offline related to magnetic stripe cryptographic security and PIN verification methods such as Atalla Identikey, Visa PW, IBM 3624, etc. Those making the most noise should take a look at their own network security, data security, and redundancy practices as they rail against large financial networks and systems. Regards, Sharif --- "Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried." - Mae West On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 13:15:54 -0600, Brett Frankenberger wrote:
On Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 10:35:37AM -0800, Al Rowland wrote:The PIN is on your card, likely encrypted,We're off-topic now, so I won't go into detail, but the PIN is sometimes on the card and sometimes not. There are different ways
of
doing it. (If the sampling of cards in my wallet is representative, then mostly, the PINs aren't on the card anymore (I still have one card that has the PIN on the card).) -- Brett
Current thread:
- Re: Banc of America Article, (continued)
- Re: Banc of America Article Leo Bicknell (Jan 28)
- RE: Banc of America Article Al Rowland (Jan 29)
- RE: Banc of America Article E.B. Dreger (Jan 29)
- RE: Banc of America Article alex (Jan 29)
- RE: Banc of America Article Daniel Senie (Jan 29)
- OT: Banc of America Article Al Rowland (Jan 29)
- OT: Banc of America Article Al Rowland (Jan 29)
- RE: Banc of America Article Charles Sprickman (Jan 29)
- OT: Banc of America Article Al Rowland (Jan 29)
- Re: OT: Banc of America Article Brett Frankenberger (Jan 29)
- Re: OT: Banc of America Article Sharif Torpis (Jan 29)
- Re: Banc of America Article Leo Bicknell (Jan 28)
- Re: OT: Banc of America Article David Charlap (Jan 29)
- Re: OT: Banc of America Article Krzysztof Adamski (Jan 30)
- Re: OT: Banc of America Article Paul Timmins (Jan 30)
- Re: Banc of America Article David Howe (Jan 30)
- Re: Banc of America Article Joel Baker (Jan 29)
- Re: Banc of America Article Mike Nice (Jan 26)
- Re: Banc of America Article alex (Jan 27)
- RE: Banc of America Article Alex Rubenstein (Jan 26)
- Re: Banc of America Article Jack Bates (Jan 26)